Commercial Manager Grimsby, England
Job description
Competitive Salary + Benefits
Fixed-Term Contract (up to 12 months)
About Us:
When you join 2 Sisters, you will become part of one of the UK’s largest food manufacturers, with an annual turnover of £3billion+, employing 13,000 across 16 sites.
This role sits within our Meals division, where we live by our mantra of ‘Making Every Meal Moment Special’. We have 5sites creating over 500 different products to feed our nation, from ready meals to iced fingers…we love our food, and we love our people.
Our customers are at the heart of everything we do, and we couldn’t do it without our team. It is a team where everyone counts…we empower you with trust and give you the freedom to deliver. We ‘do what we say’ and accept accountability which allows our customers to trust us to create great tasting, innovative and quality meal solutions.
About the Role:
This is a great opportunity to join the senior leadership team at our chilled soups & sauces site in Grimsby. Reporting to the Commercial Director, your key responsibilities will include:
- Leading the site commercial agenda, with full P&L responsibility for several major retail customers, working to improve profitability and increase market share.
- Developing and implementing the three-year plan and being the ‘go to’ person onsite for all commercial related matters.
- Partnering with customers to deliver exceptional levels of service while looking for opportunities to develop further business and maximising sales opportunities.
- Working collaboratively with other senior managers and colleagues, ensuring effective communication between NPD, Innovation, and Category Management teams, to meet customers’ requirements.
- Reporting regularly on business performance, highlighting opportunities and potential risks, and working proactively to optimise revenue and profit.
About You:
- Prior experience of working in a commercial role in food manufacturing, with chilled foods experience being ideal.
- Demonstrable experience of working closely with major retailers, with a track record of increasing revenue and achieving targets.
- Commercially focused, highly numerate, able to understand P&L and able to analyse and interpret data.
- Excellent interpersonal skills, able to work with and, where appropriate, challenge colleagues at all levels to ensure business objectives are achieved.
- Experience of presenting confidently to customers at senior level.
- Proactive in approach and with the confidence to work with a high level of autonomy.
- IT literate, ideally with experience of using SAP.
Job Types: Full-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 12 months
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
Work Location: One location
Reference ID: 5965
